The day gets off to a great start with a deliriously messed up animated film. It casts Johnny Depp's titular lizard as a nearly literal fish-out-of-water in more than one sense. A lizard, lost in a desert, happens upon a town called Dirt that has run out of water. It's narrated by a group of mariachi owls who solemnly begin the movie with the solemn revelation that our hero, Rango, will die. This movie calls into question the art of storytelling in a borderline meta-textual way, whilst giving audiences a rollicking adventure set in the Wild West. The great thing about it is, the actors give real performances that totally shine through onscreen:
You'd be hard pressed to find a better family movie from 2011, because this one ranks amongst the greats already. Roger Ebert says "Rango is some kind of a miracle: An animated comedy for smart moviegoers, wonderfully made, great to look at, wickedly satirical, and (gasp!) filmed in glorious 2-D. Its brilliant colors and startling characters spring from the screen."
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